Hotel Nacional
An elegant Cuban rum sour whose restrained pineapple, apricot, and lime suggest the tropics without sacrificing the spirit beneath them.
- Glassware
- Coupe glass
- Strength
- 22% ABVBefore dilution
Ingredients
- Pineapple 4 pieces Use fresh 2.5 cm chunks.
- Fresh lime juice 22.5 ml
- Demerara syrup 15 ml Use a rich 2:1 preparation.
- Apricot liqueur 15 ml
- Blended aged rum 45 ml
Preparation
- Muddle the pineapple chunks with the lime juice and syrup in a shaker.
- Add the rum, apricot liqueur, and ice, then shake hard until chilled.
- Fine-strain into a chilled coupe glass.